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Research Portfolio

This page showcases my research domain, my specialty and my publications.

Research Interest: -

In general, my research domain is analytical and computational thermo-fluid dynamics. Specifically, aerothermal analysis of high-speed vehicles (aircraft, hypersonic space vehicles, etc.), airborne avionics thermal management, turbomachinery, powerplants, gas turbines (jet engine), UAVs, and rockets. 

Skills and Expertise: -

  • CFD

  • Heat transfer

  • Design of Experiment (DoE)

  • Optimization (Multi-objective)

  • ANSYS

  • Solidworks

  • MATLAB

  • Algorithm Design

  • 3D Printing

  • COMSOL 

  • Stress Analysis

  • Electronics Thermal Design

  • Computational Topology Optimization

  • Keyshot

Industrial Research/Project Grants: -

  • Research Lead for Aeroflux-III Project: Aero-thermal design analysis of avionics systems LRUs mounted in conditioned bay fuselage blended wing section of high-performance combat aircraft (grant C02SDM5N-00SAT-0TSO1234-220605 dated 5th June 2022)

  • Research Lead for Aeroflux-II Project: Aero-thermal design analysis for qualification of airborne electronics LRU mounted in the unconditioned dorsal bay of high-performance combat aircraft (grant CO2SDM5N-OOSAT-OTSO2638-21084 dated August 2021-July 2022)

  • Research Assistant for Aeroflux-I Project: Aero-thermal design analysis for qualification of airborne electronics LRU mounted in the conditioned bay of aircraft (grant C02SDM5N-0KAIL-0TSO0057-220404 dated June 2020-July 2021)

Professional Experience: -

Aerothermal Research Lead – Shocks & Stars Engineering Co., Islamabad                                     August 2022-Present

  • Performing the aerothermal design analysis of airborne electronics at different flight regimes for AEROFLUX III project

  • Conducting analytical and computational analysis to analyze the heat transfer of LRUs mounted in conditioned and unconditioned compartments of high speed combat aircraft.

  • Performing Computational Hypersonic Aerothermodynamic and combustion analysis of Scramjet Engine at on design and off design conditions using ANSYS Fluent

  • Computational analysis of Plasma Arc Thrusters using COMSOL Multiphysics

  • Developing novel algorithms and high fidelity math-models to solve the thermos-fluids problems.

  • Applying computational design of experiment-based response surface method for advanced analysis of complete aircraft flight envelope

  • Computational and analytical optimization of thermal parameters for optimal heat transfer design points

  • To qualify the thermal design of avionics LRUs under MIL-STD-5400 at different altitude for PAF’s Airworthiness Certification Authority

Aerothermal Lead Engineer - AEROFLUX LAB, Air University, Islamabad                                 January 2022-July 2022

  • Performed the analytical and computational thermal airborne avionics system LRU placed in the conditioned bay of high performance aircraft for AEROFLUX-II project.

  • Qualified the thermal design of avionics LRUs under MIL-STD-5400 at different flight regimes for PAF’s Airworthiness Certification Authority

  • Thermal analysis of existing design under normal and failure mode for airborne electronics operations

  • Designing multiple passive and active heat transfer mode for airborne electronics system

Undergrad Research Assistant - Air University, Islamabad                                                                June 2021-January 2022

  • Conducted thermal analysis of airborne avionics system LRU placed in the conditioned bay of commercial aircraft.

  • Performed the analytical and computational thermal analysis of AEROFLUX I project.

  • Qualified the thermal design of avionics LRUs under MIL-STD-5400 at different for PAF’s Airworthiness Certification Authority

  • Thermal Analysis of existing design under normal and failure mode for LRU operations

  • Designing multiple passive and active heat transfer mode

Aerodynamic Design Engineer - Design, Build and Fly Competition, GIKI Chapter      September – December 2019

  • Conceptual designing of flying wing aircraft

  • Execution of aerodynamics design and performance calculations of flying wing aircraft  

  • Worked on computer-aided design model of the flying wing in Solidworks

  • Performed computational fluid dynamics analysis for lift and drag calculations using ANSYS

Publications: -

  • A Figure of Merit Based Computational Heat Transfer Method for Aerothermal Analysis of Airborne Electronics System LRU (IEEE: IBCAST CONFERENCE · Aug 16, 2022)

  • A Minimal Input Dimensionless Empirical-Corrector (MIDEC) Method for Aerothermal Analysis of Airborne Electronics (ICASET 2023)

Awards and Certifications: -

  • PEEF Scholarship (2017-2021)

  • Winner of the AirCad Competition in Airtech'19

  • Invited Judge at CAD Mania Competition of Air University Islamabad

  • Pakistan Engineering Council Certified Engineer

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